Bergen International Festival

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arts festival cultural festival

The Bergen International Festival is a major annual arts and culture festival in Norway featuring music, theatre, dance, opera, and visual arts from around the world.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Festspillene i Bergen	2
Bergen International Festival canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3506318 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bergen International Festival
Context triple: [Bergen, hasCulturalEvent, Bergen International Festival]

A. Reykjavík Arts Festival
Reykjavík Arts Festival is a major multidisciplinary cultural festival in Iceland’s capital, showcasing local and international art, music, theatre, and performance.
B. Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival
Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival is an annual outdoor rock and pop music festival held by the seaside in Tromsø, Norway.
C. Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival is a world-renowned annual summer festival in Salzburg, Austria, celebrated for its prestigious opera, classical music, and theater performances.
D. Tromsø International Film Festival
Tromsø International Film Festival is a prominent annual film festival in northern Norway, noted for its diverse international program and unique Arctic setting.
E. Edinburgh International Festival
The Edinburgh International Festival is a world-renowned annual performing arts festival in Scotland featuring top-tier theatre, music, opera, and dance from around the globe.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bergen International Festival
Target entity description: The Bergen International Festival is a major annual arts and culture festival in Norway featuring music, theatre, dance, opera, and visual arts from around the world.

A. Reykjavík Arts Festival
Reykjavík Arts Festival is a major multidisciplinary cultural festival in Iceland’s capital, showcasing local and international art, music, theatre, and performance.
B. Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival
Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival is an annual outdoor rock and pop music festival held by the seaside in Tromsø, Norway.
C. Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival is a world-renowned annual summer festival in Salzburg, Austria, celebrated for its prestigious opera, classical music, and theater performances.
D. Tromsø International Film Festival
Tromsø International Film Festival is a prominent annual film festival in northern Norway, noted for its diverse international program and unique Arctic setting.
E. Edinburgh International Festival
The Edinburgh International Festival is a world-renowned annual performing arts festival in Scotland featuring top-tier theatre, music, opera, and dance from around the globe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arts festival ⓘ cultural festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bergen International Festival ⓘ surface form: Festspillene i Bergen
country	Norway ⓘ
focus	Norwegian and Nordic arts ⓘ international performing arts ⓘ
foundedBy	Arne Bjørndal ⓘ Bjarne A. Welle ⓘ Harald Sæverud ⓘ
genre	dance festival ⓘ music festival ⓘ opera festival ⓘ theatre festival ⓘ visual arts festival ⓘ
hasAudienceType	international audience ⓘ local audience ⓘ national audience ⓘ
hasComponent	classical music ⓘ contemporary music ⓘ dance performances ⓘ interdisciplinary projects ⓘ jazz ⓘ opera productions ⓘ theatre performances ⓘ visual arts exhibitions ⓘ world music ⓘ
hasProgramType	commissioned works ⓘ family events ⓘ outdoor events ⓘ premieres ⓘ
inception	1953 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ
locatedIn	Bergen ⓘ Vestland ⓘ Western Norway ⓘ
mainVenue	Den Nationale Scene ⓘ Grieg Hall ⓘ Haakon’s Hall ⓘ Troldhaugen ⓘ
namedAfter	Bergen ⓘ
organisedBy	Bergen International Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Festspillene i Bergen
recurs	annually ⓘ
significance	major international cultural event in Norway ⓘ one of the leading arts festivals in the Nordic countries ⓘ
typicalDuration	about two weeks ⓘ
typicalEndTime	early June ⓘ
typicalStartTime	late May ⓘ
website	https://www.fib.no ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bergen → hasCulturalEvent → Bergen International Festival ⓘ

Bergen International Festival → organisedBy → Bergen International Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Festspillene i Bergen

Bergen International Festival → alsoKnownAs → Bergen International Festival ⓘ